Planners find themselves in two camps
While some grain producers are harvesting and others are watching the weather for rain, there are quite a few tectonic plates that are moving and shifting. Due to COVID-19 all the shifts are not...
Planmakers bevind hul in twee kampe
Terwyl party graanprodusente stroop en ander die weer dophou vir reën, is daar heelwat grondplate wat besig is om te beweeg en te verskuif. As gevolg van COVID-19 is al die verskuiwings nie altyd...
Everyone’s contribution is needed now
During the past week Grain SA’s Executive had its first Zoom meeting. It was meant to bring everyone up to date with everything the organisation is currently busy with and to lament over NAMPO...
Almal se bydrae is nou nodig
Die afgelope week het Graan SA se Hoofbestuur sy eerste Zoom-vergadering gehad. Dit was om almal op hoogte te bring van alles waarmee die organisasie tans besig is en om saam te huil oor...
Agriculture is showing its mettle now
South Africa is still in lockdown (even if it is at level 3). When looking at the photos on the groups, I see many of our producers are locked down in the mud in...
Landbou wys nou sy staal
Suid-Afrika sit steeds vasgegrendel (al is dit op vlak 3). Wanneer ek so na die foto’s op die groepe kyk, sien ek baie van ons produsente sit ook vasgegrendel in die modder van die...
Georganiseerde landbou staan sterk in krisistyd
Gewoonlik sou ek hierdie tyd van die jaar iets oor NAMPO geskryf het. Vandag (begin April) sit ek in my huiskantoor en probeer my bes om steeds ’n verskil te maak in die Covid-19-omgewing...
Organised agriculture holds its own in time of crisis
Usually I would be writing something about NAMPO at this time of year. Today (beginning of April) I am sitting in my home office, trying my best to still make a difference in the...
Herstel balans in dié debat
Ek skryf hierdie hoofartikel terwyl ek in die vliegtuig sit. Oorkant my sit drie jongmense. Een dra ’n koronavirus-masker en hulle bestel vegetariese toebroodjies, nie vleis nie. Dalk is hulle bang vir voëlgriep of...
Restore balance in this debate
I am writing this editorial while sitting in an aeroplane. Across the aisle three young people are seated. One is wearing a coronavirus mask and they order vegetarian sandwiches, not meat. Maybe they are...
